Alyxx Thorne

I'm playing it on PC and I don't even have the aim assist option.

I don't dislike TF2 for the hats though. I actually can't specify what it is I don't like about it, I just don't feel any interest in playing it. And every time I play it I just for some reason dislike it even more. I WANT to like it, I WANT to be able to play it because I have so many friends who do, but I can't for some odd reason. I guess the most simple explanation is that, well, I associate it with so many memes nowadays and feel a hint of annoyance just listening to the voices in it. So the problem is not so much the game itself as what it has spawned. But yeah, the hate against hats thing I don't really get. They're just hats. They don't affect the gameplay in any way really.

Visual BASIC is a good place to start.

I feel like whenever I watch TV nowadays I lose braincells.

I've been around computers and consoles as long as I can remember. My father, being a PC enthusiast, let me watch as he built and repaired computers and also let me play them as much as I wanted to. The first game I can really remember playing is Duke Nukem 1 on DOS, way before he went 3D and got his attitude. It's one of the reasons I'm so fond of Duke, he's sort of part of my childhood and I feel I grew up with him. Another early gaming memory is BlackThorne which probably sparked my interest in action/adventure games and one of the reasons I love the early Tomb Raider games so much as they felt like BlackThorne in 3D in a way. BlackThorne on PC was actually uncensored and featured much bloodier death animations and sprites than the Super Nintendo version, so it's kind of weird my father allowed me to play it, but it was a great game still and to this day I still play it now and then if I have the chance. I also remember playing Wolfenstein 3D very early on but my father wouldn't allow me playing it so he'd turn it off. I'd later revisit Wolfenstein 3D at an older age though and it definitely, together with Doom and Quake, sparked my initial interest in FPS games, which is my main genre atm. One early racing game I played a lot was Grand Prix Circuit, which my father would play a lot too. It was fairly realistic for the time and even had vehicle damage, and the amount of realism depended on the difficulty you played on. The graphics were awesome by EGA standards, of course limited to 16 colours, and looked fairly realistic for the time, though the sound hasn't held up that well as it was limited to PC speaker only. When I wasn't at my father's place I was mostly playing the SNES at home, where the games I played the most were Super Mario World, Starwing, X-Zone (a Super Scope title), B.O.B. (a sidescrolling shooter), and Super Mario Kart. I'd also play the N64 and PS1 at my friends' places. We would often sit down with some pizza and soda and have a long evening of GoldenEye or Perfect Dark. On my dad's computer the games I'd play the most were definitely Tomb Raider II (my favourite in the franchise, and still is to this day and one of the reasons Lara Croft became a big icon to me), and the adventure gem Grim Fandango, which I heavily recommend to fans of adventure titles as the voice acting and especially the graphics still hold up today. I was also heavily into EA titles like MotoRacer 1 and 2, and Need For Speed III (the original Hot Pursuit) which I'd play with my father's force feedback steering wheel or joystick. It helped keep my interest in racing games. Later on I got my own computer and started checking out some games my mother got from a magazine she subscribed to. One of these was Fallout 2, and it definitely was the sole reason I skipped a lot of classes in junior high. It helped me gain some interest in a genre I had completely ignored up until that point, being the RPG genre, and Fallout 2 was the first RPG I really got into, probably because it wasn't like any RPG I had seen before. To this day, Fallout 2 is the best RPG I've played, even overshadowing its sequels in my opinion. I'd also play a lot of classic id Software games like Doom and Quake, and of course Half-Life which I absolutely loved, though to this day I haven't completed it without the aid of cheat codes. I also played a lot of the game Sin, which I personally consider superior to Half-Life and around this time my taste in gaming mostly revolved around FPS's and still does today.

I've played some TF2 but didn't really enjoy it.

Playing MW3 and drinking white Burn.

Yeah, that explains everything. XD

Going to bed. Night night!

I loved it. Short and sweet.

Definitely agree on Half-Life 2 being overrated. I mean, it's a good game but... yeah, people give it way too much credit.

Drinking coke and playing MW3.

Modern Warfare 3.

Amnesia just didn't work for me. I can respect what it's trying to do but when it just doesn't work and I don't feel immersed at all and, not the least bit scared, and the annoyance of everything just overshadows the experience, then I can't help but feel that it's just not a game for me, so I feel it's really overrated. And regarding Super Mario 64, I have nothing against the game itself, but the controls make it unplayable for me.

Why do everyone think 20 dollars is much for a game? Besides, who plays CoD1 anymore anyway?

Appreciate the guidelines, Ross.

Heh? That question makes no sense...

Eh, I didn't consider MW3 to cost that much to begin with, especially when you get all the spec op missions and multiplayer modes in addition to the sp campaign. I think you already got a lot of value for your cash. And knowing how Steam works, there's bound to be DLC bundles where you can save a few bucks.

Yeah, most of them are seen through the shiny goggles of nostalgia for the most part.

Topics merged.

I think these mods are unnecessary. The vanilla game still looks awesome imo.

Well, either way, it's not my kind of game.

Heating a pizza as I'm feeling rather hungry.